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The Powder of Sympathy
by Morley, Christopher
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good -/Very Good -
- Seller
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Venice, Florida, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, New York: Doublday, Page & Company, 1923. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Cloth. Good -/Very Good -. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Morley's warm and intelligent notes and musings on New York, literature, and the society of the 1920's. SIGNED by Christopher Morley on front free end paper. Front binding cracked with torn paper. Some rubbing and old damp staining to spine. Light foxing to fore-edges of text block. Unclipped dust jacket, protected in a Brodart Cover has soiling and a one-inch chip at head of spine. 304 pages.
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- Bookseller
- RC Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005149
- Title
- The Powder of Sympathy
- Author
- Morley, Christopher
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good -
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good -
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Doublday, Page & Company
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, New York
- Date Published
- 1923
- Pages
- 304
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Christopher Morley The Powder of Sympathy Signed Books
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature / Fiction; Signed Books;
Terms of Sale
RC Books
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About the Seller
RC Books
Biblio member since 2007
Venice, Florida
About RC Books
Started in 2002, RC Books is a general stock, online bookstore offering a diverse selection of quality used, out-of-print, and rare books and ephemera. We place special emphasis on Americana of all types, Literature, and the Arts. Edgar Allan Poe is a specialization. RC Books prides itself on customer service. Free book searches are provided upon request.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
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